Protecting and enhancing this valuable open space
During the Olympics Russell Square is the transport shuttle point for the world's press to the Olympic sites. Every day about 5,000 journalists will trek from Russell Square mainly out East to Stratford and back again. This will no doubt be good news for local pubs and bars. There will be a knock-on effect for …
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The surface dressing works for the paths are due to start in Lincoln’s Inn Fields on Tuesday 8th May. Peter Stewart, Camden projects officers reports: Just to let you know that Colas, working for UPM Tilhill, will be laying the surface dressing to the paths in Lincoln’s Inn Fields from Tuesday 8th May for 8 …
We have some new information about the matter of video crew parking. Here's a letter from Fiona Dean, Assistant Director for Culture & Customer Services to Cllr Fullbrook. 'Each parking bay costs £1,507 per unit per day on this site. There are small administration charges for the film liaison work, which are dependent on the scale …
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When you look at maps of London over time Lincoln's Inn Fields is one of the few constant green spots. Here's a map from 1682 I stumbled across in the 1911 Survey of London. In the early C17th there had been much wrangling to protect the Fields from commercial property development. This was interrupted by …
The Hunterian Museum is one of the most remarkable public collections in London - there's a great video with a quick tour, including having a go at keyhole surgery. Here are their exhibitions and public lectures for the first quarter of 2012. don't miss Abnormal on perceptions of disability which is on until 14 January. …
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On many weekends the parking bays to the East and South of the fields become packed to the gills with caravans and trailers. The Fields look like a badly managed caravan park in Devon and ring to the sound of the generator truck(s). Each crew is different but it's not uncommon to see waste …
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Minutes of the FLIF meeting held on Thursday 10th November 2011 Present: Robert McCracken (Chair) Noreen Kent Peter Dodge Walter Hand Apologies: Sue Palmer David Hills Keith Clarkson Amanda Rigby Outstanding Items from previous meeting Interior Railings. Following the correspondence Robert had with Camden he subsequently had a meeting with Cllr Fulbrook and received the …
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Camden are beginning to consult on a plan for the St Giles-Holborn area. Their thesis is that Crossrail will encourage development in the area and it would benefit from being seen as a contiguous whole. New Oxford Street that connects the two areas is generally a dump. The pedestrian environment is awful and (with the …
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This post is rounding up background information on parking policy to help make sense of Camden's parking policy review. The annual parking bible Parking and Enforcement report 2010 says: Most aspects of Camden’s parking regime are being reviewed in 2010/11, with a view to simplifying arrangements. The way in which a particular part of the service …
In the ongoing saga of Camden's process and decisions on the removal of the internal railings on the Fields the Chair of the Friends of Lincoln's Inn Fields (FLIF) writes back to the Council after the delayed receipt of crucial documents. 26th September 2011 I have now received some of the material for which I …
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Friends of Lincoln's Inn Fields 